Official Name: | Landis, North Carolina |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rowan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.99 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.75 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.24 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.47 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.38 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 3690 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1091.72 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 853 |
Coordinates: | 35.5481°N -80.6114°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 28088 |
Area Code: | 704, 980 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 37-36860[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2405983 |
Website: | www.townoflandis.com |
Population Density Km2: | 421.55 |
Landis is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, its population was 3,109. The town is located just north of Kannapolis and south of China Grove.
Landis was incorporated in 1901 and began as a textile town, with its largest mill being Linn Mill Company.[3]
Number | Percentage | ||
---|---|---|---|
White (non-Hispanic) | 2,764 | 74.91% | |
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 334 | 9.05% | |
Native American | 25 | 0.68% | |
Asian | 38 | 1.03% | |
Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.07% | |
Other/Mixed | 176 | 4.77% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 353 | 9.57% |
Children in Landis are zoned for Landis Elementary School, Corriher-Lipe Middle School, and South Rowan High School (Landis.[4] Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is 3.7 miles south of Landis in the nearby town of Kannapolis and is the closet institution of higher education, followed by Shaw University's CAPE Center, North Carolina Research Campus, Ambassador Christian College, and Livingstone College.[5]